Key: E
Introduction: E A A G F#m E D E E A A G F#m E D E E
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I was lost just wandering round downtown
A
Many people were pushing me around
C D A G- F#m- E- D- E
Hate spreads just like infection
E G
Those rats jumping on and off my back
A
Fat black rats holding me down
C D
I see rats in every direction
A G F#m E DEE
No time to catch your breath
A G F#m E DE E
Crazy people lost their heads
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Masses trampling on my feet, inconsiderate in their heat
E G
Those rats breeding angriness and spite
A C D A G- F#m- E- D- E
Never have done anything right for people like you and me
E G
Walk over all the people you can't see
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If they die there's more bread for me
C D
Like snakes crawling through the grass
A G F# E DE E
No time to catch your breath
G F# E DE E
Crazy people lost their heads
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Masses trampling on my feet, inconsiderate in their heat
E G
Those rats breeding angriness and spite
A C D
Never have done anything right for people like you and me
A G F#mE D E
See that face man look at me,
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he's much too selfish to see
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Once he was warm and was kind
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Now all he has got is a pinstripe mind
A G F#mE D E
See that face man look at me,
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he's much too selfish to see
D C# D C# D E
Once he was warm and was kind
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Now all he has got is a pinstripe mind